@dosnostalgic I hope Bill Gates has rescinded his open letter to hobbyists so that he doesn't come after me for having the source code for Microsoft Altair Basic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists
#programming #BASIC #Altair #MITS
微電腦的浪潮：對 Altair 的響應
➤ 從業餘愛好到全國產業：微電腦發展的早期推動力
✤ https://technicshistory.com/2025/04/06/microcomputers-the-first-wave-responding-to-altair/
本文追溯了微電腦發展的早期階段，聚焦於 Altair 8800 推出後，業餘愛好者和早期企業家如何透過補充硬體和軟體，克服 Altair 的限制，並推動了個人電腦產業的發展。Don Tarbell 的故事是這個時代的縮影，他從業餘愛好者成長為成功的微電腦零件供應商，他的卡帶介面解決了 Altair 儲存程式的難題。同時，文章也介紹了 Processor Technology 和 Cromemco 等公司，以及 Homebrew Computer Club 在推動微電腦發展中的作用。
+ 令人驚訝的是，現在我們習以為常的電腦功能，當時都需要透過額外的硬體才能實現，這些早期先驅的貢獻實在不可忽視。
+ 這篇文章讓我想起了電腦發展的黃金年代，充滿了創造力和冒險精神，
#電腦歷史 #微電腦 #Altair 8800
Microcomputers – The First Wave: Responding to Altair
https://technicshistory.com/2025/04/06/microcomputers-the-first-wave-responding-to-altair/
Nearly four decades ago #BillG promised Andre Warufsel and me to send us the source code of his #Basic4K for the #MITS #Altair. He never did and @ModernDayNTK described one of my repeted reminders as 'winning last week's Stalking Bill Gates challenge'.
Three days ago he did eventually publish a scan of the source code on his blog.
I updated the story at https://gizmonaut.net/soapflakes/EXE-199711.html
BASIC INSTINCT – no, not the movie. 
#BillGates releases the original source code for #AltairBasic.
https://www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-page-topic/reader/microsoft-original-source-code
Bill Gates celebrated Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary by sharing the source code for Altair Basic, which created the company’s foundation. Read more at @theverge. #Microsoft #BillGates #Altair #Coding #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/5BzOuB
Bill #Gates veröffentlicht #Quellcode von #Altair #Basic
#Microsoft feiert in diesen Tagen seinen 50. Geburtstag, angefangen hat alles mit dem Programm Altair Basic. Dessen #Quellcode hat Bill #Gates nun veröffentlicht.
#BillGates unearths #Microsoft's ancient code like a proud nerd dad
Founder shares 4K #Altair #BASIC source ahead of 50th anniversary
The code was the foundation on which Microsoft was built. Before Windows and before Office, there was a carefully crafted BASIC interpreter designed to fit within the limited resources available on the #Altair8800.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/bill_gates_altair_basic/
The Code: https://www.gatesnotes.com/microsoft-original-source-code
Compare the Best Data Visualisation Libraries for Python and Pandas
Starting a fresh new profile, let's introduce me.
I'm Nicolas from north of France, I like old computers, I have a collection of #amiga, #C64, #amstrad, #atari. I also like #computerhistory and started to code emulators, I made a #teletype, #altair and #Intel8080 emulator, and also a #Z80 then a #trs80 emulator coded in #rust. Currently experimenting with #Zig, and #riscv64 assembly.
The #ESA #Gaia spacecraft in Cancer, captured by my husband Mark & me, with help from my friend Rachel. Oxfordshire, UK 8" Ritchie-Chretien telescope + #Altair #Hypercam294C camera. 100 x 1min over a 2hr period on 25/01/25 with a short gap in capture. Gaia is the curved line near the top
@jzsimon @arclight @JosetAEtzel
Check this fresh updated article:
https://codingidol.com/how-to-plot-in-python-without-matplotlib/
A great read of an earlier time with a different ethos: the story of the creator of the first personal computer.
https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-secret-father-of-modern-computing
the hands-on tutorials for data visualization are now also available in German – many thanks to Nadine Geffers!
Die praktischen Tutorials zu Datenvisualisierung liegen nun auch auf Deutsch vor – herzlichen Dank an Nadine Geffers für die Übersetzung!
The Secret Father of Modern Computing: How Ed Roberts created the personal computer industry—and then walked away
https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-secret-father-of-modern-computing
#Altair #computinghistory #computers #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #vintagecomputers #S100 #CPM #8080 #IMSAI #EdRoberts #ACM
